Swapping heads

Well i guess if i cant sell the civic w\o a running engine, i need to swap out the heads so i can sell it running haha, i was just curious as to how difficult it is to swap these out is, si on si... could i do it myself, on a saturday? Never done it before so im lookin to get rid of it quick, i need to get this done, i need the money bad!Any info would be awesome! thanks guys........... hit the classifieds for the ad if your interested in pickin it up!make and offer!

its not hard if you have the tools and a helms...

hey... to swap the heads, can you change a distributor,intake/exhaust manifold and perform a timing job? its quite easy, just a little bit of work. The manual will come in handy and you can use the new head gasket phrase in selling it.

And when you get the head gasket, get one from a D16y8 96-98 civivc ex... it's a metal gasket

okay so for a new head gasket and piston rings and all of what comes with it, what do you think id be charged in a shop if i took it somewhere?

Lookin at a $1,000 job at least i'd say. Do the head swap it's not that hard. Take your time and label shit.

If I did it 4 times, you can do it once, the hardest thing I did to a car mechanically by myself before this was change my radiator. So grab a manual, and some tools, you need 10mm 12mm 14mm and 17mm Sockets/wrenches-get a torque wrench also. And if you get those rachet wrenches, they will save a lot of time, also there is a bolt underneath the intake manifold that is a BITCH to get to, so when it won't come off, jack the bitch up and get up under it. LOL I can take my head off and put it back on in my sleep now. :icon16:

Patience is your friend.... And everything else they told ya. ;)

ya man its not hard at all but use a 92-95 civic d16z6 head gasket its cheaper and its also metal. (side note the first time I did a head off and back on, it took about 4 hrs, 2 weekends ago about 45 mins). Like everybody else said take your time.